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Top trades by Australian Sharesight users — September 2024

by Stephanie Stefanovic, Content Manager, Sharesight | Sep 30th 2024

Welcome to the September 2024 edition of Sharesight’s monthly trading snapshot for Australian investors, where we look at the top 20 trades made by Australian Sharesight users. Below we will look at the top trades overall, plus the top trades in individual stocks, which allows us to observe the broader investment trends by Australian Sharesight users, while also giving us an opportunity to zoom into the most popular stocks and the market-moving news behind them.

Top trades in September 2024

Top AU trades Sep24

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This month, the top trades were led by Vanguard’s International Shares (ASX: VGS) and Australian Shares (ASX: VAS) ETFs, followed by the iShares S&P 500 (ASX: IVV) ETF. It was a strong month for ETF trading overall, with 11 of the top 20 trades belonging to ETFs. It should be noted that the assets in our trading snapshots are ordered by the number of Sharesight users trading that asset, while the size of the bars indicate the actual trade volume. So while there are more customers trading in VGS, the volume of IVV trades is higher, meaning that while there are fewer people trading in IVV, they are making more trades.

Most-traded stocks in September 2024

Top AU stocks Sep24

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This month’s top-traded stocks were led primarily by buy trades in BHP (ASX: BHP), which saw its share price soar towards the end of September alongside a surge in the iron ore price, led by Chinese stimulus news and lower global supply. The top trades were followed by Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG), which also saw its share price skyrocket throughout September.

Let’s look at some of the market-moving news behind some of this month’s top stocks:

BHP (ASX: BHP)

Fortescue Metals (ASX: FMG)

Woodside Energy (ASX: WDS)

Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN)

NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA)

Westpac (ASX: WBC)

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)

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